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About Injective Labs

Injective Labs is trailblazing a new dawn for Web3 enabled finance. We are the core contributors to Injective, one of the fastest growing blockchains in the industry.

Injective provides an interoperable smart contracts platform that is optimized for building decentralized finance applications. Interoperability is at the core of Injective, which is natively integrated with chains such as Ethereum, Cosmos and Solana. Developers can rapidly launch premier financial applications suited for mass adoption using Injective’s infrastructure and specialized DeFi primitives such as the world’s first fully on-chain order book.

Our team has decades of experience spearheading the largest financial institutions and tech organizations. Injective is incubated by Binance and is backed by leading firms such as Jump Crypto, Pantera and Mark Cuban.

About the role

As part of the Mobile team, you will work on building the next generation of DeFi trading applications. You'll primarily work on our React Native mobile app, collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering teams to deliver a fast, reliable, and intuitive trading experience.

This role is ideal for a junior to mid-level engineer with strong React and TypeScript fundamentals who enjoys building high-quality mobile products. We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, takes ownership of their work, and enjoys solving real-world problems. Most importantly, this role is for someone genuinely passionate about building exceptional user experiences and excited by the future of decentralized finance.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and improve features for our React Native mobile application.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering teams to deliver high-quality user experiences.

• Build scalable, maintainable, and well-tested mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript.

• Integrate mobile applications with backend APIs and services.

• Optimize application performance, responsiveness, and reliability across both iOS and Android platforms.

• Monitor and triage issues reported through Linear, investigate bugs, and work closely with the team to prioritize and resolve them in a timely manner.

• Take ownership of reported issues by troubleshooting root causes and delivering reliable fixes to ensure a stable, high-quality mobile experience.

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.

• Stay up to date with modern mobile development practices and emerging technologies.

 Who you are:

• 2–5 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Strong React and TypeScript fundamentals.

• Professional experience developing mobile applications with React Native.

• Solid understanding of iOS and Android platforms, including their differences and mobile development best practices.

• Experience integrating applications with backend APIs.

• Experience with Node.js.

• Experience working with REST APIs.

• Experience with gRPC and/or Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a strong plus.

• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals and clean code principles.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Must be fluent in English.

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Experience building fintech, trading, or cryptocurrency applications.

• Familiarity with blockchain, Web3, or DeFi technologies.

• Experience publishing applications to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

• Experience optimizing mobile application performance and debugging production issues.

Why work with us?

• Competitive salary and INJ token award

• Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours.

• Unlimited PTO

• Equipment

• Home Office Stipend

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry.

• Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Global team meet ups.

As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

We will only contact candidates using emails from the @injectivelabs.org domain. If you are approached by any other account or domain regarding this position, it was not sent by us. Please stay cautious and report any suspicious communication.